Hamish Bowles / Vogue:
Franca Sozzani, Editor in Chief of Italian Vogue, Dies at 66  —  Franca Sozzani, the Editor in Chief of Italian Vogue, has died.  —  Franca, an ageless 66, was born in Mantua.  Her father, a classic Italian patriarch, was an industrial engineer who did not approve his daughter's early ambitions to study physics.

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A review of Sinclair Broadcasting's internal documents and reporting aired in 81 cities shows a strong tilt toward Trump  —  Over four days in early August, Donald Trump gave interviews to four TV stations in Ohio, Florida and Maine, and to the Washington bureau of a national TV chain.

Joe Coscarelli / New York Times:
Apple Music executives Jimmy Iovine and Larry Jackson talk about working with stars and exclusives, the role of labels, and how Apple Music supports musicians  —  By all modern metrics, Drake was far and away the most listened-to artist of 2016, a year when music consumers further abandoned CDs …

Pete Vernon / Columbia Journalism Review:
As digital ads fail to replace print revenue losses, publishers increasingly turn to micropayments, newsletters, innovative paywalls, and native advertising  —  As 2016 draws to a close, you'd almost think the holiday season was bringing some much-needed good cheer to the journalism industry.

Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Trump names Sean Spicer as White House press secretary, Jason Miller as communications director, and Hope Hicks and Dan Scavino to senior communications posts  —  President-elect Donald Trump named Republican National Committee official Sean Spicer White House press secretary …

Hollywood Reporter:
The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group buys SpinMedia's music brands: Spin, Vibe, and Stereogum  —  The deal expands THR-Billboard Media Group's online audience to 45 million readers a month.  —  The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group today announced that it has signed …

Katy Waldman / Slate:
In the Trump era, the anonymous press pool report has become its own wry genre as reporters dutifully narrate their own humiliation  —  A close reading.  —  Press pool reports—those from-the-scene dispatches circulated by pool journalists to a larger ring of media outlets—have always been a subtle, deadpan art.

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
WSJ launches ad campaign through Inauguration Day to tout its objective election coverage, though newsroom sources are disappointed by the paper's stories  —  Many print and digital news outlets, from The New York Times to Vanity Fair, are seeking subscribers by embracing Donald Trump's criticism …

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Kellyanne Conway says the press can expect “traditional” daily access to Trump when he takes office, blaming Trump's schedule for the lack of news conferences  —  Yet Donald Trump has broken with tradition by not holding a news conference in 44 days since the election.

Michael Rozansky / The Annenberg Public Policy Center:
NYT columnist Andrew Rosenthal joins the Annenberg Public Policy Center as a professional in residence; he'll be writing a memoir about his life in journalism  —  Andrew Rosenthal, an op-ed columnist and former editor and correspondent for The New York Times, has joined the Annenberg Public Policy Center …

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Baidu planning $1B IPO for iQIYI, one of China's top video streaming platforms, in either Hong Kong or US, valuing it at up to $5B  —  The IPO could value the video-streaming unit at up to $5 billion  —  HONG KONG—Chinese internet giant Baidu Inc. is planning an initial public offering …

Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Kellyanne Conway says the press will have “daily access” to Trump when he takes office, and blames Trump's busy schedule for the lack of news conferences  —  adviser Kellyanne Conway on Thursday promised the press will have “daily access” to the president-elect after he takes office …

David Crary / AP News:
The US election is 2016's top news story, according to annual AP poll of US editors and news directors, which also includes Brexit, Syria, and Clinton's emails  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The turbulent U.S. election, featuring Donald Trump's unexpected victory over Hillary Clinton in the presidential race …